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THE PROPERTY FROM A HONG KONG PRIVATE
COLLECTION
香港私人珍藏
3026

AN IMPORTANT PAIR OF
WESTERN STYLE ‘ACANTHUS
LEAVES’ IMPERIAL ZITAN
ARMCHAIRS
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Each impressive chair is carved to the back
splat in openwork in the form of a vase,
decorated in the European Rococo style below
the scrolled head crest. The arm crestrail and
the arms are elegantly curved, openwork
spandrels carved as scrolling leaves. The seating
top is set within a rectangular frame above
a narrow waist, all above elaborately carved
aprons centred by a stylized lotus flower and
acanthus scrolls resting on elegantly curved
cabriole legs carved with shells raising from
small ball feet above a rectangular floor
stretcher.
44 in (113 cm.) high, 27 in. (69.2 cm.) wide,
20º in. (51.5 cm.) deep (2)
HK$10,000,000-15,000,000
US$1,300,000-1,900,000

PROVENANCE
A Scottish family collection, early 20th
century.
Sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 3 December
2008, lot 2503

清乾隆 御製紫檀雕西番蓮紋
束腰帶托泥扶手椅一對
來源
蘇格蘭私人舊藏，於 20 世紀初入藏
香港佳士得，2008 年 12 月 3 日，拍品
2503 號

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